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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 3016

PUBLIC LAW 98-573—OCT. 30, 1984

and liability insurance, advertising, and salesmen's salaries, commissions or expenses. (c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. 19 USC 2112 "°^

Ante, p. 3013. 19 USC 2253, 1862. 19 USC 2251.

SEC. 403. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN OTHER TRADE LAW PROVISIONS. (a) SUSPENSION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT.—The President may by

proclamation suspend the reduction or elimination of any duty provided under any trade agreement provision entered into with Israel under the authority of section 1020t)Xl) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to any article and may proclaim a duty rate for such Eirticle if such action is proclaimed under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 or section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. (b) ITC REPORTS.—In any report by the United States International Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to in this title as the "Commission") to the President under section 201(d)(l) of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding any article for which a reduction or elimination of any duty is provided under a trade agreement entered into with Israel under section 102(b)(l) of the Trade Act of 1974, the Commission shall state whether and to what extent its findings and recommendations apply to such an article when imported from Israel. (c) For purposes of subsections (a) and (c) of section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974, the suspension of the reduction or elimination of a duty under subsection (a) shall be treated as an increase in duty. (d) No proclamation which provides solely for a suspension referred to in subsection (a) with respect to any article shall be made under subsections (a) and (c) of section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 unless the Commission, in addition to making an affirmative determination with respect to such article under section 201(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, determines in the course of its investigation under that section that the serious injury (or threat thereof substantially caused by imports to the domestic industry producing a like or directly competitive article results from the reduction or elimination of any duty provided under any trade agreement provision entered into with Israel under section 102(b)(l) of the Trade Act of 1974. (e)(1) Any proclamation issued under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 that is in effect when an agreement with Israel is entered into under section 1020t)Xl) of the Trade Act of 1974 shall remain in effect until modified or terminated. (2) If any article is subject to import relief at the time an agreement is entered into with Israel under section 102(b)(l) of the Trade Act of 1974, the President may reduce or terminate the application of such import relief to the importation of such article before the otherwise scheduled date on which such reduction or termination would occur pursuant to the criteria and procedures of subsections (h) and (i) of section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974.

19 USC 2112

SEC. 404. FAST TRACK PROCEDURES FOR PERISHABLE ARTICLES.

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(a) If a petition is filed with the Commission under the provisions of section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding a perishable product which is subject to any reduction or elimination of a duty imposed by the United States under a trade agreement entered into with Israel under section 1020t)Xl) of the Trade Act of 1974 and alleges injury from imports of that product, then the petition may